Champion Quotes - Page 3

• But I think the Champions League Final puts a massive pressure on every player and the manager, but we're enjoying the pressure and hopefully we can go there and win it.

  Steven Gerrard

  Soccer, Player, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We've gotta give Richard Williams a lot of credit - to give us two number one champions is a phenomenal feat.

  Tracy Austin

  Two, Numbers, Giving

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• I have a feeling we are going to be world champions, I can't really explain why. Brazil are probably the best team in the world in terms of individual players. But the team with the most gifted players do not always win.

  Oliver Kahn

  Team, Winning, Player

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• You still remember the bad rounds here, but they don't stay with you as long. The Champions Tour is great, it's competitive and it's a wonderful show, but it's not the real big league. The real big league is the PGA Tour, and we all know that.

  Tom Kite

  Real, Long, League

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• The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.

  John Madden

  Soccer, Teamwork, Gratitude

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a champion, so I'm working on it.

  Usain Bolt

  Sports, Running, Inspiration

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The reason sport is attractive to many of the general public is that it's filled with reversals. What you think may happen doesn't happen. A champion is beaten, an unknown becomes a champion.

  Roger Bannister

  Sports, Athlete, Thinking

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• We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Goal, Challenges

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Nature and Other Essays”, p.42, Courier Corporation

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  If you want to be the best you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do.

  Michael Phelps

  Sports, People, Want

  "Michael Phelps: 'I consider myself normal'" by Katie McLaughlin, www.cnn.com. August 1, 2012.

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• I have one thing to say to those non-believers. Don't ever underestimate the heart of a champion.

  Rudy Tomjanovich

  Motivational, Basketball, Heart

  Rudy Tomjanovich (1997). “A Rocket at Heart: My Life and My Team”

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• If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart.

  Chris Evert

  Heart, Tennis, Ifs

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• Feedback is the breakfast of champions.

  Ken Blanchard

  Business, Learning, Science

  Twitter post from Jan 07, 2015

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• I didn't aspire to be a good sport; "champion" was good enough for me.

  Fred Perry

  Sports, Athlete, Tennis

  "Tennis Confidential: Today's Greatest Players, Matches, and Controversies" by Paul Fein, (p. 146), 2003.

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• Ali and I have become friends over the years. I was on a plane with him one time when he was the champion.

  Robert Goulet

  Years, Planes, One Time

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• From nobody to upstart. From upstart to contender. From contender to winner. From winner to champion. From champion to Dynasty.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Winning, Dynasty

  Pat Riley (1993). “Winner Within Success”, Putnam Publishing Group

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• I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.

  Bear Bryant

  Alabama Football, Hell, Ends

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• We knew that you don't get to be world champions without a struggle.

  Eric Cantona

  Struggle, World, World Champions

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• I don't play any tournaments to come second best.

  Andy Murray

  Sports, Winning, Play

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• Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do... but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.

  Venus Williams

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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  Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.

  Dean Karnazes

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Dean Karnazes (2006). “Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner”, p.197, Penguin

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• The Champions League is the competition everyone wants to be in.

  Steven Gerrard

  Soccer, Champions League, Competition

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Sometimes you feel the emotion. You think this might be my last pre-season or my last Champions League match. But, overall, those thoughts aren't important right now. But the time will soon come

  Dennis Bergkamp

  Sports, Thinking, Champions League

  "Dennis Bergkamp" by Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. April 18, 2004.

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• What I can tell them is the way you become an Olympic champion is to start working now. I tell them why it's always worth it to put the time and effort into something you want to be good at.

  Rafer Johnson

  Motivational, Athlete, Effort

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• The situation right after the fight wasn't too good; I believe I'm still the only champion in the world who never received the belt inside the ring once you've won the title. I held that against the English fans for a long time but I felt that also motivated me.

  Marvin Hagler

  Sports, Believe, Fighting

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